United States Navy battle fleet which circumnavigated the globe between 1907 and 1909. Visited Auckland in 1909.
Great White Fleet
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Barber, Ian :Photographs of the Great White Fleet's visit to Auckland; and lighthouses
Date: 1900-1915
By: Barber, Ian, active 1993
Reference: PAColl-3125
Description: Unidentified lighthouse, lighthouse keepers, and battleships of the Great White Fleet Quantity: 21 b&w original photographic print(s) in one envelope.
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Field and Hodgkins family photographs
Date: [1890s-1900s]
From: Field family :Field and Hodgkins family photographs
Reference: PAColl-9860
Description: Photographs collected by the Field and Hodgkins families, taken 1890s-1900s by William Hughes Field. Subjects include 1908 visit of American fleet (Great White Fleet); 1901 visit of Duke and Duchess of York; departure of first contingent to South African war, 21 October 1899, including portrait of Aporo Hare and Tamahau Mahupuku aboard ship; Maori groups. Quantity: 120 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints
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Album of Australian photographs
Date: 1907-1908
From: Bennett, Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd, 1872-1960 : Photographs
Reference: PA1-o-1010
Description: Opens with four photographs of the US Great White Fleet in Sydney Harbour on the 2nd of August, 1908. The other photographs are of Australian family and friends, views of gardens, and Mrs Arnold's house "Birrilli", in the Blue Mountains Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
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Photographs of the visit of the Great White Fleet to Auckland
Date: 1909
From: Field family :Field and Hodgkins family photographs
Reference: PAColl-3414
Description: Quantity: 19 b&w original photographic print(s) in one envelope. Physical Description: Photographic prints
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Crowd in Queen Street, Auckland, during celebrations for Fleet Week
Date: Aug 1908
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-001233-G
Description: Crowd near the Welcome Arch in Lower Queen Street, Auckland, during the celebrations for `Fleet Week'. Photograph taken in August 1908 by William Archer Price. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Lower Queen St. Auckland (Fleet Week). 1517 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches
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Crowd in Queen Street, Auckland, during celebrations for Fleet Week
Date: Aug 1908
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-001234-G
Description: Crowd near the Welcome Arch in Lower Queen Street, Auckland, during the celebrations for Fleet Week'. The Waverley Hotel can be seen in the background. Photograph taken in August 1908 by William Archer Price. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Queen St. Auckland.1479 Fleet Week. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches
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Ships of the American fleet (Great White Fleet) on Waitemata Harbour, Auckland
Date: 1908
From: Kinnear, James Hutchings, 1877-1946 :Negatives of Auckland shipping, boating and scenery
Reference: 1/1-006190-G
Description: Ships of the American fleet (Great White Fleet) on Waitemata Harbour, Auckland, in 1908, photographed by James Hutchings Kinnear. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative